October 2008
33 posts
Did a walking workout for 25 minutes and felt good.
Ran 3.58 miles in 32 minutes and felt good. feeling good, 2 days until the Lakefront 50/50!
Swam 600 yards in 35 minutes and felt good. super easy pace backstroke, 24x25 yards.
Did a walking workout for 48 minutes and felt good. Easy walk home from swimming.
oh great, now i’ve got iron maiden stuck in my head.
Post-run lunch of yakisoba w/ avocado, amaranth...
Ran 8 miles in 1 hour and 25 minutes and felt alright. easy run to test my legs for Lakefront 50/50. Very windy, still a bit of pirifor …
just watched Eagle Eye. Am now significantly dumber than when I set foot in the movie theatre. Was *exactly* what I needed.
developed an addiction to kimchi dumplings. please arrange an intervention.
WatchZach is my hero
Killing Me Softly
well, I think I’ve officially found one of the most ass-kicking training sessions, which I’ve titled “Killing Me Softly”. It goes like this…
Run 1.51km @ aerobic pace
Sprint 100m
Jog 100-200m for recovery
Repeat as needed/desired
The insideous thing about this is that it sneaks up on you - I did 8 repeats of this today before work, and didn’t feel too beat...
Ran 8 miles in 1 hour and 13 minutes and felt great. Did 8mi w/ 8x100m sprints. Details on blog later today
Worked out for 20 minutes.
Did a weights workout for 41 minutes and felt good. great - new deadlift P/R!
Ran 3.51 miles in 32 minutes and felt good. a little sore, but feeling pretty well recovered.
Rode 11.53 miles in 50 minutes and felt alright. 15-20MPH headwind - ride was much more difficult than planned
Rode 11.85 miles in 41 minutes and felt alright. light tailwind for most of the ride
Rode 25.84 miles in 1 hour and 34 minutes and felt good. 8MPH headwind for the second half of the ride, more difficult than planned.
Rode 14.85 miles in 54 minutes and felt great. legs are feeling good - will try running on Sunday
Did a walking workout for 35 minutes. legs are feeling good - will see if my legs are recovered enough to run this weekend
Rode 11.39 miles in 43 minutes and felt great. felt great - legs are definitely recovering from the Chicago Marathon
thumbs up for day after the marathon soy ice cream
This is the third year I’ve run Chicago. In 2006, I ran an 8-hour ultra in mid-August, did a 6-hour cycling time trial in early September, and then ran the Chicago Marathon in cold and rainy weather. I finished in 4:10:07, somewhat hypothermic. In 2007 I spent the summer training for both the 6-hour cycling time trial and the Chicago Marathon. I dealt with a fairly bad injury in the...
Finished Chicago, set a new PR by roughly 13 minutes! Not bad for only 6 weeks of marathon training. Race report to follow tomorrow.
Thursday night swim class + two massage sessions = almost entirely pain-free back. Chicago Marathon, here I come!
Ran 3.3 miles in 40 minutes and felt injured. back seems to be getting somewhat better. still in pain, but cautiously optimistic re: run …
saw doctor for physical/back. physical good, back bad. have muscle relaxants, waiting until after work to start them.
back is somewhat better, although still not great. officially worried re: marathon this Sunday
Like the Beastie Boys said…
well,...
WatchGreat video - some terrific footage of the McNaughton course from last year, when I dropped after 30 miles. I’ll be back next spring, and I’ll be doing 100 miles come hell or high water.
It’s not even noon, and I’ve already run a fairly hard 6-miler and made 3 books.
getting over being sick, hoping to get an easy 5 miler in tonight
resting - had plans for 5 mi easy run this morning, heart rate is elevated, decided to relax with a cup of tea instead